Virgil Middle

Virgil Middle, a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Los Angeles, California, operated by Los Angeles Unified, works with 975 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Virgil Middle sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.

Virgil Middle is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that caters to 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Virgil Middle logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder comes out to 14% Asian, 2% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Virgil Middle sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 22.3%; actual is 38.8%, +16.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Virgil Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Frank del Olmo Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Virgil Middle at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Virgil Middle has contracted 13%, going from 1,121 students in 2018 to 975 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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